GPS
TomTom Says Its New Automation Tools Are So Good It Will Lay Off 500 Employees
Remember TomTom? It’s still around, just another tech company laying people off.
Anonymous Social Media App Yik Yak Exposed Users’ Precise Locations
Privacy researchers have found that it’s possible to find out the precise location of Yik Yak posts, potentially exposing users to doxing or stalking.
Google Tells Specific Apps to Disclose Location Gathering or Be Removed
The move comes after Motherboard reported that apps working with a location data vendor called Huq were collecting data even when users opted-out.
‘GPS Artists’ in Singapore Are Making Oddly Specific Drawings by Biking
On the large canvas that is Singapore, their legs are their paint brushes, and GPS trackers their ink.
Contractor Exposed the Movements of People Wearing Ankle GPS Bracelets
A company that sells GPS ankle bracelets and helps Chicago law enforcement run a program to monitor people under house arrest leaked “an enormous amount of private information.”
DHS Believes Our Reliance on GPS ‘Poses a Risk to National Security’
A 2013 report, newly unearthed under access to information laws, shows how GPS is vulnerable to disruption.
This App Lets Us See Everywhere People Drive
BlackVue has an app that shows the location of drivers that opt-in. The creators say it shouldn’t be possible to track its users in bulk; we found otherwise.
A Saudi Telecom Exposed a Streaming List of GPS Locations
The company, STCS, uploaded a constantly updating list of GPS coordinates in Saudi Arabia, China, and west Africa.
Hackers Dissect 'Mr. Robot' Season 4 Episode 8: ‘Request Timeout’
Technologists, hackers, and journalists recap the eighth episode of the final season of the realistic hacking show.
NASA Has Turned on a Deep Space GPS
The miniature atomic clock is a big step toward self-driving deep space probes.
Satellites Are Quietly, Constantly Watching Us
In a few short decades, the movement and activities of large swaths of Earth's humans can be tracked at all times.
Hacker Finds He Can Remotely Kill Car Engines After Breaking Into GPS Tracking Apps
“I can absolutely make a big traffic problem all over the world,” the hacker said.